Amanda Seyfried seems to be feeling the full force of parent-shaming since giving birth to her first child, a daughter with husband Thomas Sadoski, in May. In a series of tweets this week, the actress fired back at the people who believe they have the right to comment on a mother's choices.

"Breastfeeding is awesome. Formula is awesome. Feeding your baby is awesome," Seyfried wrote on Wednesday. While Seyfried didn't explain what prompted her to post these tweets, she did explain that what isn't quite so awesome is judging how a mom feeds her baby. And she's right: Whether a parent uses breast milk or formula to feed their child is their own decision, and not one that requires comment from anybody else. All that matters is that babies get the nutrients they need one way or another.

The Dear John actress didn't stop after that handy shutdown, however. She went on to send three more tweets in which she quoted writer and activist Maureen Shaw on the stigma attached to breastfeeding despite society's obsession with breasts. "'Breasts are intended to feed babies. With all our progress on feminist issues, how can such a simple biological imperative remain so stigmatized? In a word: sex. We live in a culture comfortable with exploiting breasts to sell burgers, for goodness sake,'" Seyfried wrote.

Although the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies be breastfed for the first six months of life in order to optimize infant and maternal health, the AAP also notes that breastfeeding may not always be possible for the mother, baby, or both. "Babies should continue to breastfeed for a year and for as long as is mutually desired by the mother and baby," the AAP says on its website, adding that formula feeding "gives the mother more freedom and time for duties other than those involving baby care."

No matter their decision, parents should never be shamed for the method in which they keep their babies healthy. Anyone wondering about or struggling with breastfeeding or formula feeding should speak to a doctor about next steps.

Seyfried has discussed other stigmatized issues before, too. In an interview with Allure last year, she explained that she takes medication for her OCD and expressed a desire to destigmatize getting medical help for mental health issues. "I'm on Lexapro, and I'll never get off of it. I've been on it since I was 19, so 11 years," Seyfried said. "I'm on the lowest dose. I don't see the point of getting off of it. Whether it's placebo or not, I don't want to risk it. And what are you fighting against? Just the stigma of using a tool?"

She added, "A mental illness is a thing that people cast in a different category [from other illnesses], but I don't think it is. It should be taken as seriously as anything else. You don't see the mental illness: It's not a mass, it's not a cyst. But it's there. Why do you need to prove it? If you can treat it, you treat it."